Following a career in journalism, Elinor Florence’s passion for the past inspired her to write fact-based historical novels about strong women. Her new novel Finding Flora will be published by Simon & Schuster on April 1, 2025. She’s absurdly sentimental about old photographs and handwritten letters and heritage buildings, and often writes about her love of history in her monthly blog, Letters From Windermere. When not at her lakeview home in the Canadian Rockies, she can usually be found in her truck, driving to the nearest museum or flea market. For more: www.elinorflorence.com.